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Michael Stuber: Started as the European Diversity-Pioneer, and finally became The Global D&I Engineer today

Inspiration through critical thinking – this summarises the sometimes unconventional approach of ‘Germany’s diversity pioneer’ (ManagerMagazin 2018). He works consistently evidence-based, with an international understanding and “brushes D&I against the grain,” says a D&I manager.

Michael Stuber works consistently evidence-based, with an international understanding and “brushes D&I against the grain,” says a D&I manager. Michael Stuber is uniquely standing for D&I as a person:

as a passionate European, he acts beyond national thinking,

as an industrial engineer he works on D&I both holistically and in detail

as an Innovator, he constantly challenges assumptions, the status quo and obvious solutions

The Consultant

With his research-based knowledge, out-of-the-box thinking and in his international context, Michael Stuber advises leading companies in shaping their business strategies and organisational identities by leveraging D&I. For this purpose, he develops comprehensive change strategies and concepts to embed D&I in the core elements of the organisation.

The Speaker & Moderator

Michael Stuber conveys his expertise with vigour and engagement. His ability to illustrate complex changes and their implications make him an inspiring and welcomed expert. Whether it is a key-note, a panel discussion or entertaining a large group, Michael Stuber always delivers mission-conscious and articulate input.

From his evidence-based perspective, Michael Stuber questions traditional approaches and rigorously points out barriers to sustainable progress. He is hence a sought-after moderator for events that aim at critically discussing common approaches to take a topic to the next level.

Over the years, he has delivered input at more than 150 events on 4 continents: a selection

The Researcher & Publicist

As a thought-leader in Diversity & Inclusion, Michael Stuber identified and rigorously examined current issues in his field – at all times over the course of his 20 years of work. His research reports and publications rank among the most comprehensive and pronounced of their kind. He has also developed several research-based models in the D&I field, including

The value-chain model for D&I: The Propelling Performance Principle

A model of all Unconscious Biases directly relevant for D&I

A model to describe masculine and feminine traits to address gender biases

The strategic D&I implementation model to create traction and progress

With dozens of publications (including 5 books and 8 book chapters), 22 research projects (8 major and 15 smaller-scale studies) and over 150 features in the media he is one of the thought-leaders for D&I in Europe, often covering a global scope.

Nobody in Europe is more profoundly acquainted with Diversity as Michael Stuber. He creatively co-designed the ‘Diversity & Inclusion Switzerland’ conference and his facilitation was both energetic and empathetic.

European Diversity brought many important strengths to our programme of Diversity focus groups and workshops. Particularly important to us were their depth of experience in the German market; their ability to offer seamless service across Germany, the UK and Central Europe; the thought leadership offered by Michael Stuber as programme leader, and the fact that […]

In Johnson&Johnson we worked together with Michael Stuber to set up a European Diversity Strategy Meeting. Michael is the kind of consultant who knows exactly how to deal with balancing external input and internal visibility and ownership. He supports you when you have a leading role, he understands very clearly how to help, how to […]

Michael Stuber is always proactive and supportive. He drives through initiatives and delivers material and ideas within agreed timelines. He also shows a careful and respectful understanding/ need to work within corporate budget constraints. He is consistent in the way that he demonstrates commitment to a project and offers sound objective advice in order for […]

Mr. Stuber supported us very well with his extensive experience in Diversity. His “Propelling Principle” helps us to move the topic of Diversity forward within our organization. We thank European Diversity Research & Consulting for the good cooperation.

Michael Stuber is often referred to as the “Diversity Guru”. I definitely agree with regard to his profound diversity expertise and knowledge, huge network and ample experiences in implementing diversity concepts in global companies. He is very pragmatic, focused and straight-forward in his consulting. His concept of the Propelling Potential Principle is very effective as […]

With Michael Stuber as the leading figure in this consulting company you can count on 15+ years of competence and insights in the D&I endeavours of the industry, helping you to set direction in your own organization.

Swiss Post faced an organizational development process by realigning the Diversity Management approach. The main task was to evolve our hitherto pursued focuses on Gender and Communication into an integrated and holistic concept. Who could support us effectively with the necessary know-how but also with an instinct to win people? Michael Stuber makes the difference. […]

Mr Stuber is a Diversity Expert who knows how to convey his great expertise in this field in a methodically and didactically manner, so that the participants of a meeting will have a higher awareness of the topic and will thereby be prepared to face current and future challenges in the field of Diversity.

European Diversity provided us with extremely valuable input and expertise as we are consolidating our various D&I programmes into a new global diversity strategy. Their years of experience with other leading companies as well as their international perspective and thorough understanding of relevant models allowed us to develop a solid business-driven approach and build robust […]

We have known Michael Stuber as an knowledgable and engaged Diversity expert for years. Due to his experience and personality also had the pleasure to have him as a moderated of very hetereogeneous panels – with great success.

We highly appreciate Michael Stuber being an integral member of our Diversity & Inclusion core team at Bayer MaterialScience. From the beginning of our cooperation, he has been listening to the status achieved so far and contributed with his broad experience and as a knowledgeable subject matter expert. He supports our initiative with high customer-orientation […]

Michael Stuber has contributed to develop a very specific Bayer MaterialScience storyline, which integrates Diversity & Inclusion as a business imperative supporting the execution of our business strategy. Through his experience in rolling out Diversity & Inclusion programs in global companies, he has been and is a valuable sparring partner with high credibility for our […]

With their competence and experience, European Diversity has significantly contributed to the successful development of Infineon’s Gender Diversity Network. In three workshops with the entire network and through intense collaboration with HR, we succeeded in clarifying roles, design strategies and define actions. Michael Stuber’s external perspective and his ability to capture and address company specifics […]

The support of European Diversity in developing our global I&D strategy was characterised by a pronounced fit for approaches and suggestions that fitted our corporation. Already the first outcomes were highly accepted by the most important stakeholders and hence created a very solid base for further implementation. Michael Stuber always finds an inclusive way both […]

Michael Stuber’s D&I work starts from how D&I can contribute to the value-creation of a company. Consequently his approach is both systematic and holistic, reaching across all layers of an organisation. In this process, he recognises and acknowledges the specifics of a company in an excellent way. We have, for example, deployed dialogue sessions with […]